Backyard Road Trips
Meaningful Travel on the Local Level
Backyard Road Trips
Meaningful Travel on the Local Level
About Backyard Road Trips
Meaningful Travel on the Local Level
Once an avid traveler, author Zack Lamothe's faraway travel dreams were put on hold as he became a father in 2015. Since then, he's focused on traveling in his own backyard.
Why Join Backyard Road Trips as a Guest
New England Travel Audience Access
You speak directly to listeners who love hiking trails, family outings, and beer tastings across New England.
Conversational Field-Story Format
You join free-flowing chats shaped by recurring segments like beer tastings, hiking conversations, and local spot highlights.
Trusted Community-Centric Hosts
You align with Zack and Jim's authentic, boots-on-the-ground approach to sharing real backyard road trips.
Podcast App Distribution
Your episode reaches listeners across major podcast apps where the show's 93+ episodes already engage a loyal base.
Episode Angles & Guest Pitches
Your Best Backyard Adventure
Share how you turn everyday locations into memorable explorations.
Your Craft Drink or Food Journey
Explore your connection to beer, coffee, or food culture featured often on the show.
Your Family-Friendly Travel Wisdom
Offer advice for making trips fun and accessible for all ages.
Your Road Trip Rituals
Dig into the habits, routes, and quirks that shape your personal road-trip style.
How You'd Contribute to the Show
Audience Takeaways
Listeners gain practical ideas for discovering nearby adventures through your travel stories, expertise, or niche local knowledge.
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Why Trust Me
The Ideal Guest
You're a great fit if you love sharing stories about travel, nature, food, craft beverages, or family-friendly adventures-and enjoy relaxed, humorous conversations.
Recent Episodes
Season 7, Episode 6: Fran Kefalas and Regan Miner from The Last Green Valley
Backyard Road Trips • Jun 1, 2026
Season 7, Episode 5- Chatting with Lana Wilhelm
Backyard Road Trips • May 14, 2026
Season 7, Episode 4: Cade Martin
Backyard Road Trips • May 1, 2026
Season 7, Episode 3: Prison Stories
Backyard Road Trips • Apr 15, 2026
Season 7, Episode 2: Sam Adams Utopias!
Backyard Road Trips • Feb 25, 2026
Season 7, Episode 1 - The Airing of Grievances
Backyard Road Trips • Jan 22, 2026
Season 6, Episode 16- Festival of Lites (Lighter Beer Taste Test)
Backyard Road Trips • Dec 26, 2025
Season 6, Episode 15- Chatting with Melissa Rodway
Backyard Road Trips • Dec 16, 2025
Season 6, Episode 14- Hot Ones- Hot Peppers and Hot Topics!
Backyard Road Trips • Nov 22, 2025
Season 6, Episode 13- Zero ABV Taste Test
Backyard Road Trips • Nov 20, 2025
Season 6, Episode 12- Boos and Brews with Tim Lawless
Backyard Road Trips • Oct 13, 2025
Season 6, Episode 11- Chatting with Angela Andrieux
Backyard Road Trips • Sep 12, 2025
Season 6, Episode 10 - Red & White @ Silver
Backyard Road Trips • Aug 18, 2025
Season 6, Episode 9 - Catching Up with Ian Cheney
Backyard Road Trips • Jul 31, 2025
Season 6, Episode 8- Chatting with Laura Giles
Backyard Road Trips • Jul 28, 2025
Season 6, Episode 7- Chatting with Joanna Kalafatis
Backyard Road Trips • Jul 1, 2025
Season 6, Episode 6- Chatting with Alexandra Lauren, the Bucket List Mermaid
Backyard Road Trips • Jun 25, 2025
Season 6, Episode 5- Connor Gaudet of the Mattapoisett Museum
Backyard Road Trips • Apr 30, 2025
Season 6, Episode 4- A Guys' Weekend in Portland, Maine with Dan and Dave
Backyard Road Trips • Apr 15, 2025
Season 6, Episode 3- Talkin' Springtime with Danny, Dave and Jackie
Backyard Road Trips • Mar 31, 2025
Season 6, Episode 2- Jackie's Favorite Travels
Backyard Road Trips • Mar 19, 2025
Season 6, Episode 1- Quirky Holiday Traditions Update and Beating the Winter Blues
Backyard Road Trips • Jan 31, 2025
Season 5, Episode 15- Chatting with Valentinos Filippou
Backyard Road Trips • Dec 31, 2024
Season 5, Episode 14- Travel Mishaps
Backyard Road Trips • Dec 17, 2024
Season 5, Episode 13- Climbing Mount Katahdin with Tim Lawless
Backyard Road Trips • Nov 22, 2024
Season 5, Episode 12- New England Craft Beer and Hiking
Backyard Road Trips • Nov 18, 2024
Season 5, Episode 11 - Malt Liquor Taste Test
Backyard Road Trips • Oct 31, 2024
Season 5, Episode 10- Autumn Playlists
Backyard Road Trips • Oct 16, 2024
Season 5, Episode 9- Talking Company Culture with Chris Dyer
Backyard Road Trips • Aug 31, 2024
Season 5, Episode 8- Royal Summer Travel Rumble!
Backyard Road Trips • Aug 19, 2024
Season 5, Episode 7- The Good Ol' Days
Backyard Road Trips • Jul 31, 2024
Season 5, Episode 6 - Is soda STILL a dirty word?
Backyard Road Trips • Jul 17, 2024
Season 5, Episode 5- It's Spring! (with guest Andy Heist)
Backyard Road Trips • Apr 30, 2024
Season 5, Episode 4- Philadelphia Phun
Backyard Road Trips • Apr 23, 2024
Season 5, Episode 3- Chatting with Ken Lamothe
Backyard Road Trips • Mar 18, 2024
Season 5, Episode 2- The Great American Milk Substitute Challenge
Backyard Road Trips • Feb 29, 2024
Season 5, Episode 1- New York (City) State of Mind
Backyard Road Trips • Feb 17, 2024
Season 4, Episode 16- Welcome Back, Ian Cheney!
Backyard Road Trips • Dec 31, 2023
Season 4, Episode 15- Oktoberfest Beer Taste Test!
Backyard Road Trips • Nov 29, 2023
Season 4, Episode 14- What Makes a Backyard Road Trip Enjoyable?
Backyard Road Trips • Oct 27, 2023
Season 4, Episode 13 "Pro"-necticut
Backyard Road Trips • Sep 16, 2023
Season 4, Episode 12- Travel Talk: Seattle, Tasting Water and Discussing Music
Backyard Road Trips • Aug 31, 2023
Season 4, Episode 11- Prince Edward Island, Maine, Vermont and Saratoga Springs
Backyard Road Trips • Aug 15, 2023
Season 4, Episode 10- Lawnmower Beer Taste Test
Backyard Road Trips • Jul 29, 2023
Season 4, Episode 9- Lighthouses and Summertime Travel
Backyard Road Trips • Jul 4, 2023
Season 4, Episode 8- "Barbarossa" Coletti is back again
Backyard Road Trips • May 18, 2023
Season 4, Episode 7- A Warm Welcome to the Good Reverend, "Fast" Adam Coletti
Backyard Road Trips • Apr 30, 2023
Season 4, Episode 6: Here's Danny!
Backyard Road Trips • Apr 22, 2023
Season 4, Episode 5- Jim and Zack Surf the Web!
Backyard Road Trips • Mar 11, 2023
Season 4, Episode 4- A Truly Informative Hard Seltzer Taste Test
Backyard Road Trips • Feb 23, 2023
Season 4, Episode 3- Male Intimacy- Sharing a Blanket and a Pipe Through History
Backyard Road Trips • Feb 5, 2023
Season 4, Episode 2-Cinnamon Taste Test with Omelet Master Drew Burnett
Backyard Road Trips • Jan 30, 2023
Season 4, Episode 1: Athletic Beer Taste Test
Backyard Road Trips • Jan 4, 2023
Season 3, Episode 18- Hanging out with Jon and Beth part 2
Backyard Road Trips • Dec 20, 2022
Season 3, Episode 17- Hanging with Jon and Beth Part 1
Backyard Road Trips • Dec 17, 2022
Season 3, Episode 16- Want a beautiful name? SODA!!!
Backyard Road Trips • Dec 1, 2022
Season 3, Episode 15- The Fast Food Chicken Nugget (and fries) Challenge
Backyard Road Trips • Nov 13, 2022
Season 3 Episode 14: The Ladies Tell All
Backyard Road Trips • Oct 28, 2022
Season 3: Episode 13- It's the Third Annual Pumpkin Beer Taste Test!
Backyard Road Trips • Oct 16, 2022
Season 3, Episode 12: Diet Soda and Other Nonsensical Chatter
Backyard Road Trips • Sep 24, 2022
Season 3, Episode 11: Drew Burnett takes on Norwich
Backyard Road Trips • Aug 24, 2022
Season 3: Episode 10- Chatting with author James Rourke
Backyard Road Trips • Jul 30, 2022
Season 3: Episode 9- Eight Bourbon Barrel-Aged Beers On the Wall
Backyard Road Trips • Jul 23, 2022
Season 3: Episode 8- Bad Beer Taste Test!
Backyard Road Trips • Jun 27, 2022
Season 3: Episode 7- Talking Whiskey with Irene Tan
Backyard Road Trips • Jun 5, 2022
Season 3: Episode 6- On the Road Again with Zack and Jim
Backyard Road Trips • Apr 24, 2022
Season 3: Episode 5- Author Ian Cheney
Backyard Road Trips • Apr 15, 2022
Season 3: Episode 4- Connecticut's Historical Power Couple - Regan Miner and Dayne Rugh
Backyard Road Trips • Mar 25, 2022
Season 3: Episode 3- The Great Milk Challenge
Backyard Road Trips • Feb 15, 2022
Season 3: Episode 2- All About Coffee
Backyard Road Trips • Jan 31, 2022
Season 3, Episode 1- Winter Beer Taste Test
Backyard Road Trips • Jan 15, 2022
Season 2: Episode 12: Packin' for trips with Jaclyn
Backyard Road Trips • Dec 30, 2021
Season 2: Episode 11: Drinking and Learning About Beer with Homebrewer, Mark Winters
Backyard Road Trips • Dec 7, 2021
Season 2, Episode 10: The Second Annual Fall Beer Taste Test
Backyard Road Trips • Nov 15, 2021
Season 2, Episode 9: Ghost Hunting with the Black Crow Paranormal
Backyard Road Trips • Oct 15, 2021
Season 2, Episode 8- The Great Backyard Road Trips Fast Food Burger Challenge!
Backyard Road Trips • Sep 28, 2021
Season 2, Episode 7- The Victoria Grace Tea Room
Backyard Road Trips • Sep 3, 2021
Season 2, Episode 6: Chatting with The Distracted Wanderer
Backyard Road Trips • Aug 15, 2021
Season 2, Episode 5- Talking with Matt Woodward from ExploreCT.org
Backyard Road Trips • Jul 29, 2021
Backyard Road Trips: Season 2, Episode 4: Post-Covid Travel
Backyard Road Trips • Jul 16, 2021
Chatting with Brandi from DOA Supernatural
Backyard Road Trips • Jun 29, 2021
Backyard Road Trips Season 2, Episode 2: Talkin' Food
Backyard Road Trips • Jun 14, 2021
12. Catching Up and Miracle Berries
Backyard Road Trips • Apr 29, 2021
Backyard Road Trips After Dark - Episode 11
Backyard Road Trips • Feb 19, 2021
Episode 10- Soda is a Dirty Word
Backyard Road Trips • Jan 26, 2021
Backyard Road Trips Episode 9- Backyard Winter Road Trips
Backyard Road Trips • Jan 13, 2021
Backyard Road Trips Episode 8- Making Mead
Backyard Road Trips • Dec 28, 2020
Backyard Road Trips: Episode 7 - Quirky Holiday Traditions
Backyard Road Trips • Dec 12, 2020
Backyard Road Trips: Episode 6
Backyard Road Trips • Nov 29, 2020
Backyard Road Trips: The Podcast Episode 5
Backyard Road Trips • Nov 9, 2020
Backyard Road Trips: Episode 4
Backyard Road Trips • Oct 17, 2020
Backyard Road Trips: It's the Great Pumpkin Beer Taste Test!
Backyard Road Trips • Oct 11, 2020
Backyard Road Trips: Episode 2:
Backyard Road Trips • Sep 28, 2020
Backyard Road Trips: Episode 1
Backyard Road Trips • Sep 25, 2020
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